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Books like Burned
A breathless, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse where survival depends entirely on out-thinking enemies who hold all the cards. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Burned.
- tense
- claustrophobic
- gritty
- desperate
- 01
Cursed
Benedict Jacka
A tense, shadowy dive into a magical underground where survival depends entirely on staying one step ahead of the future.
- 02
Fated
Benedict Jacka
A clever, fast-paced urban fantasy where survival depends on out-thinking the enemy rather than overpowering them.
- 03
Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2)
Ilona Andrews
A gritty, snark-fueled plunge into a ruined city where mythic monsters clash and a reluctant heroine bleeds to keep the peace.
- 04
The burning page
Genevieve Cogman
A breathless, dimension-hopping heist where the fate of the multiverse rests on the shoulders of a dangerously competent librarian.
- 05
Hard magic
Larry Correia
A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.
- 06
Academ's fury
Jim Butcher
A tense, high-stakes fantasy where an underdog must navigate deadly political espionage and unlock his hidden potential to save a fractured realm.
- 07
The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan · 2005
A gritty, Dickensian underdog story where raw, untamed magic collides with entrenched privilege.
- 08
Street magic
Tamora Pierce · 2001
A sun-baked, bustling fantasy about a scrappy survivor learning that true power lies in reaching back to pull someone else up.
- 09
The desert spear
Peter V. Brett
A brutal, sand-swept epic of holy war and survival where the line between savior and tyrant is written in blood.
- 10
Foundryside
Robert Jackson Bennett
A kinetic, cyberpunk-flavored fantasy heist where magic is a programming language and scrappy underdogs are hacking the system.
- 11
Broken Homes
Ben Aaronovitch
A wry, fast-paced magical procedural that peels back the concrete of London to reveal the dark, bloody secrets underneath.
- 12
The death of the necromancer
Martha Wells · 1998
A shadowy, gaslamp-lit romp where a gentleman thief's quest for vengeance collides with ancient, creeping horrors.
